On 2020-04-09 17:57, Terry Barnaby wrote: > The script already has date/time and the log shows (The Wed 8th entries entry having the PID): > > Bbackup / /usr/beam /home /src /srcOld /dist /opt /scratch /data/svn /data/www /data/vwt /data/www /data1/kvm /data/database /data/vwt /data/backup at Tue 7 Apr 23:01:01 BST 2020 > Bbackup / /usr/beam /home /src /srcOld /dist /opt /scratch /data/svn /data/www /data/vwt /data/www /data1/kvm /data/database /data/vwt /data/backup at Tue 7 Apr 23:01:01 BST 2020 > Backup aborted as locked by another backup Just wondering, if you look at the journal output for that date and time do you see it being started twice? For example, I have 2 jobs that start at 19:00 each day and for each time they are started I'd see... Apr 09 19:00:01 meimei.greshko.com CROND[76409]: (egreshko) CMD (/home/egreshko/bin/getpics-vis) Apr 09 19:00:01 meimei.greshko.com CROND[76411]: (egreshko) CMD (/home/egreshko/bin/getpics-vis2) Are you getting 2 starts of the same script recorded? -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx